Saturday, October 30, 2010

Artsy Fartsy

In the past two days I have gotten to get in touch with a side of myself that was dusty and rusty. In lieu of the "alternative fall activities" at the kids school and our upcoming event at church,  there has been a lot of artsy things going on.

Today I took advantage of my husbands latest disposition and got the chance to help out in Makaila's class. It was pumpkin carving with the Kindergartners and it was actually a really good time! A quick side story... Makaila and another girl in our group went girly and got icky about gutting our pumpkin. So this really petite, adorable little boy steps up and says in a Mr. Cool type of voice, "Let the Man handle this. I'll take care of it." And then he sort of flicked his head back as to move his shiny hair from his brow and dug right in. Gosh, kids are hilarious!

Anywho.. I was pleasantly surprised to know that our activity was educationally motivated. There were predictions and estimating. Oh, and did you know why farmers leave about a 3 inch stem on the pumpkin? Well, I do...because it keeps it from growing moldy longer. Bam--You learn something new everyday! The scientific pumpkin carving affair lasted only about an hour so it was butcher paper Indian-vest-making for me (Novembers project). Carving, playing with slime, tracing and cutting.... no wonder kids have such a carefree outlook on life. I need to do it more often!

Additionally, with the upcoming Trunk or Treat Festival that our church is holding I've gotten to paint and do a few more hands on activities that I have not partaken in in a long while. It's simple kiddy art but has been so much fun and more therapeutic than I thought it would have been. Between that and playing around with costume paint ideas I'm in art mode! Of course, I have to come up with appealing & creative ways to project information on a regular basis, but this carefree side of imaginative projects has inspired me greatly!

These are some faux-wood signs for our festival. 


A section of a sign I am still working on.


Some makeup looks we were playing around with.
Used what we had on hand so this is all "regular" face makeup.


This was our first, quick, dry run at an Avatar look.
Got the right supplies today and anxious to try it again.



And a couple of random breaks in between...
 

Jerm rocking out. 

Keeping himself busy and proud of his "creation"... his bed nook he made all by himself  ;)

1 comment:

dianixa torres said...

ur an amazing mom and I love u for that....ur very inspiring!